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flower-pot-stand

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PDF.37

Description

Official Jun stoneware flower pot stand with rounded, twelve-lobed sides, flattened six-lobed rim with narrow raised band at edge, lobed base, and three cloud-shaped feet. The stand has opalescent blue coloured purple on the exterior with copper pigment. The glaze has split in several places on the interior of the bowl leaving 'earthworm marks'. There is an inscription, and twenty spur marks, on the base, which is glazed.

Inscription Translation

Curator's comments

This flower pot stand has six lobed sides and cloud-shaped feet. Its base has a ring of uneven spur marks and the Chinese character 七 meaning seven incised in the base before firing. It has been suggested that the numbers refer to sizes, with one the largest and ten the smallest size, which would help to match flower pots and stands. Unlike earlier Jun wares, which are often highlighted with contrasting purple splashes, these later wares feature blue or purple opalescent glazes without splashes of contrasting colours. Furthermore in contrast to earlier Jun wares, these numbered flower vessels are shaped by moulding. There are other inscriptions which have been translated 'Hall of Mental Cultivation' and 'For use in the Chamber of Accompanying Peace'.

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Official Jun stoneware flower pot stand with rounded, twelve-lobed sides, flattened six-lobed rim with narrow raised band at edge, lobed base, and three cloud-shaped feet. The stand has opalescent blue coloured purple on the outside with copper pigment. The glaze has split in several places inside the bowl leaving 'earthworm marks'. There is an inscription, and twenty spur marks, on the base, which is glazed.